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India canal bus plunge kills 40
04:28 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayAt least 40 people have been killed after a bus plunged into a canal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh...
PM urges all to be vigilant against conspiracy
03:48 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all countrymen to keep vigil against conspiracy, saying intriguers take the opportunity to hit Bangladesh when people starts livelihood with new dreams and spending happy life...
India beat England by 317 runs to level Test series at 1-1
03:35 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayIndia beat England by 317 runs in the second Test inside four days to level the series at 1-1 on Tuesday...
China arrests leader of fake vaccine scam
02:30 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayChina has arrested the leader of a multi-million dollar scam that passed off saline solution and mineral water as Covid-19 vaccines...
Avijit murder: 5 get death
12:33 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayA tribunal has sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) to death and another person to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of writer and founder of Mukto Mona blog Avijit Roy. Judge of Dhaka Anti-Terrorism Tribunal Md Mujibur Rahman passed the order on Tuesday...
South Africa asks India’s Serum Institute to take back 1 million vaccine doses
12:18 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdaySouth Africa has asked the Serum Institute of India to take back the one million COVID-19 vaccine doses the company had sent in early February...
Fire guts Chattogram slum, 1 dies
11:35 AM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayAn 83-year-old man was charred to death and as many as 50 thatched huts were destroyed in a major fire that broke out at a slum in the port city of Chattogram early on Tuesday morning. The fire broke out at the slum near the export processing zone area of the port city. On January 3, a number of huts were gutted in a fire at the same slum...
UN warns Myanmar against harsh response to protesters
10:16 AM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayThe United Nations special envoy has warned Myanmar’s army of “severe consequences” for any harsh response to protesters demonstrating against this month’s coup in a call with the military leadership, a U.N. spokesman said...
60 killed in DR Congo boat accident
09:11 AM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayAt least 60 people died after a boat sank in Lake Mai-Ndombe in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), authorities said on Monday. The accident happened late Sunday night near the village of Longola Ekoti in the Mai-Ndombe province. In a tweet on Monday, Congolese Minister of Humanitarian Action Steve Mbikayi said the boat had been overloaded with over 700 passengers...
WHO approves AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
08:29 AM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively inexpensive shot in the developing world...
Covid-19 claims 11 more lives, infects 446 in Bangladesh
04:57 PM, 15 Feb 2021 MondayCovid-19 claimed 11 more lives and infected another 446 in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday morning, showing higher rates both in death toll and infection than that of Sunday. With the latest figures, the Covid-19 fatalities in the country rose to 8,285 and the caseload to 541,038, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
PRAN-RFL’s 10 companies get productivity award
04:35 PM, 15 Feb 2021 MondayA total of 10 companies of PRAN-RFL Group received ‘National Productivity and Quality Excellence Award’ for enhancing productivity and manufacturing quality product. The companies got the award under the large, medium and small industry categories for 2019...
Trinamool Congress wants to turn West Bengal into Bangladesh: BJP leader
03:56 PM, 15 Feb 2021 MondayBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari has slammed the Trinamool Congress rule in West Bengal...
20-30 lakh more doses of Covid-19 vaccine to arrive Feb 22: Papon
03:35 PM, 15 Feb 2021 MondaySome 20-30 lakh more doses of Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh on February 22, said Nazmul Hassan Papon, the Managing Director of Beximco Pharmaceuticals...
FFs’ allowances to be raised to Tk 20,000: PM
03:15 PM, 15 Feb 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday announced that the minimum monthly allowances of valiant freedom fighters will be raised to Tk 20,000 from the existing Tk 12,000. The Prime Minister made the announcement while inaugurating the transfer of allowances to 168,000 valiant freedom fighters...
Man to die, 5 get life term for murder
02:29 PM, 15 Feb 2021 MondayA court in Kishoreganj today sentenced a man to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing a farmer at Bajitpur in Kishoreganj. Kishoreganj’s First Additional District and Sessions Judge Md A. Rahim passed the order on Monday morning. The man who got death penalty is Jewel Miah, son of Joj Miah, of Hilochia Boromypara village...
Myanmar coup: Troops on the streets as internet cut off
12:27 PM, 15 Feb 2021 MondaySmall groups of protesters have begun to gather in Myanmar, despite the armoured vehicles which have appeared on the streets of several cities. The military's heightened presence is the latest sign of a potential crackdown on opposition to the coup it carried out on 1 February...
Solving Covid easy compared with climate: Bill Gates
12:06 PM, 15 Feb 2021 MondayFifty-one billion and zero - the two numbers Bill Gates says you need to know about climate. Solving climate change would be "the most amazing thing humanity has ever done", says the billionaire founder of Microsoft...
Suu Kyi detention extended as protests continue in Myanmar
11:31 AM, 15 Feb 2021 MondayMyanmar’s military leaders have extended their detention of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose remand was set to expire Monday and whose freedom is a key demand of the crowds of people continuing to protest this month’s military coup...
BNP wants to get involved in conflicts deliberately: Quader
09:45 PM, 14 Feb 2021 SundayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said now BNP makes people and police as their opponents and they are making their ill attempts to get involved in conflicts deliberately...